SIGNIFICANT DISTINCTIONS / AWARDS:
2017 Awarded Best Presentation in Exploration section at the annual Geothermal Resource Council conference in Salt Lake City, USA (Lynne, B.Y. et al.).
2015 Awarded Best Presentation in Geology section at the annual Geothermal Resource Council conference in Reno, USA (Lynne, B.Y.).
2015 Recipient of National Geographic Expedition Grant for a project in Yellowstone National Park, USA
2015 Recipient of Chilean Conicyt Grant to further New Zealand – Chile geothermal development
2014 Invitation to a panel for discussions with the Minister of Energy and the Minister for the Environment of Chile.
2014 Invitation to discussions with NZ Prime Minister, NZ Minister of Foreign Affairs, President of the Union of the Comorso, Prime Minister of Barbados, Ministers from Antiqua, Barbuda, Barbados, Comoros, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, and the Repulic of Trinidad and Tobago.
2013 Awarded Best Poster Presentation (Bridget Y. Lynne and Gary J. Smith) at the annual Geothermal Resource Council conference in Las Vegas, USA. Poster titled “A New Investigative Approach to Understanding Heat Migration Pathways in the Shallow Subsurface at Orakei Korako, New Zealand”.
2012 Awarded travel grant to Mexico from NZ Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFAT)
2011 Discussions with NZ Ambassador in Mexico to further develop Mexican geothermal energy
2011 Discussions with NZ Ambassador in Chile to further develop Chilean geothermal energy
2011 Represented NZ and gave several presentations at a special, by invitation only, week-long Chilean geothermal Congress Meeting in Chile, with Chilean Minister of Energy, Minister for the Environment, and other Chilean ministerial level participants.
2011 Awarded best technical paper (Lynne, B.Y., Pender, M., Glynn-Morris, T.) in the Geology Exploration section at the Geothermal Resources Council Annual Conference, San Diego, USA
2010 Awarded best technical paper (Lynne, B.Y.) in the Geology Section at the Geothermal Resources Council Annual Conference, Sacramento, USA
2010 Awarded best technical paper in the Geophysics Section (Dougherty, A.J., Lynne, B.Y.) at the Geothermal Resources Council Annual Conference, Sacramento, USA
2009 Awarded Summer Student Scholarship (2009-2010 summer season) for geothermal research project at Waipahihi Stream, Taupo, New Zealand
2007 Awarded place on Dean’s List, University of Auckland for an excellent PhD thesis
2006 Cover photograph of Geothermics
2005 Awarded image of the month for Planetary Science Institute, U.S.A. for SEM image
2005 Awarded travel grant to subsurface microbiology conference, Wyoming USA
2005 Awarded Research Fellowship by the New Zealand Federation of Graduate Women
2004 Cover photo for Journal of Sedimentary Research
2004 Student Oral Award, Geological Society of New Zealand
2002 University of Auckland, Doctoral Scholarship
2002 Top Achiever Doctoral Scholarship, Foundation for Research, Science and Technology, NZ
2002 Invited paper, Mineralogy for the New Millennium Conference, Edinburgh, Scotland
2001 Awarded Jeff Allen Memorial Prize, Geology Department, University of Auckland
INVITED LECTURES
2016 One-week course on the applications of Scanning Electron Microscopy to geothermal well cores and cuttings, Philippines.
2012 NZ Representative in the Philippines, 2-day Government-Industry workshop
2012 NZ Representative in Vanuatu – lecture given at the University
2012 Guest speaker to group of geothermal specialists from Indonesia
2012 Guest speaker to group of Japanese scientists (Jeneysis Group) on geothermal geology
2012 One-week teaching course and field trip on surface features and hydrothermal alteration of geothermal systems given to the Geothermal Centre of Excellence, University of Chile, Chile and invited industry partners
2011 2 presentations to the Commission Federal Energy (CFE) in Mexico
2011 Presentation to the Center for Renewable Energy in Chile
2011 One-week teaching course and field trip on geothermal surface features to Energia Andina, Chile (April, 2011)
2011 Geothermal Centre of Excellence, University of Chile, Chile (5 lectures in April).
2011 Lynne, B.Y. Presentation to independent advisory group on recommended monitoring for Orakei Korako with respect to development of Ngatamariki Geothermal Field.
2011 Lynne B.Y. Power point presentation on New Zealand geothermal exploration to 17 Chinese delegates from the Anhui Group, China.
2010 Lynne, B.Y. Power point presentation on geothermal exploration to the Ambassador of Chile.
2010 USGS Menlo Park, California, USA
2010 Pomona University, California, USA
2010 Ormat, Reno, Nevada, USA
2010 University of Nevada, Reno, USA
2009 Lynne, B.Y. Power point presentation on geothermal exploration to 15 delegates from Kenya.
2007 Guest lecturer for one month at Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Instituto de Geofisica
2006 University of Auckland, Chemistry Department
2005 University of Montana, USA
2005 University of Utah, USA
2005 University of Auckland, GeoClub